Due to the polarization in today’s politics, parties and candidates are focusing less on appealing to the middle and more on ______.

Which of the following is true about the political scenario in the European territories during the Middle Ages?

A. The rulers of the territories banned the system of collecting taxes. B. Warfare and taxation led to decentralization of power in the territories. C. The rulers of the territories succeeded in establishing democratic states in purely Catholic countries. D. The rulers of the territories were coercive because they controlled instruments of violence. E. Taxation reduced the chances for the construction of complex bureaucracies that characterize modern states.

One distinctive feature of many European democracies is that very few offices are

A) independent. B) effective. C) elective. D) active. E) efficient.